This may be the greatest thing ever Its called Mech Deck, and it is a game where you draft parts for you mech, build your mech with said parts (really, with little plastic bits) and then play a skirmish game with the sweet mech you just built. They have details about rules and the game is made, the...

I've watched the first four episodes, and so far it has been really good. There are few surprises for someone familiar with the character. The cast is strong, and it takes advantage of the format Netflix uses of being very serial.

It seems to me that The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan has what you are looking for. It isn't particularly technical, but covers several of the core concepts of science, such as falsifiability and how to identify a few common fallacies.

so I just watched the Man in Yellow and had a thought Harrison Wells could be Barry Allen from the future, or at least a future. The ring he had at the end is the same as the ring the Flash uses to keep his costume in. He came back to make sure that a different future arose. Such a thing is not unhe...

The Flash vs Arrow episode: I really enjoyed the way Oliver shot him in the back pointing out that he doesn't spend enough time making use of his surroundings. Also, did anyone notice that when he was running around Oliver in the alley it looked exactly like the yellow lightning from his mom/Jo...

It depends on what you didn't like about Smallville. I was very disappointed. Stupid characters acting silly. Boring, predictable romantic plot (it's 2014! We can have a guy and a girl who are straight/bi/pan and not attracted to each other and just friends!), and in general just not very engaging. ...

So for several weeks now I have been running a weekly dungeon world game that is open to anybody. It is a Hex exploration game, built around the idea that I got tired of flaky people so I just got rid of the need for people to show up regularly.

So I've watched the first episode, and I know that I am unable to have unbiased views of it. With that in mind, it was the most fun I've had watching TV in a while. It had lots of nods to the comics that as a fan of the character of the Flash, I really enjoyed. I am looking forward to more of it. so...

Reina is working for Skye's father? I mean, that's who he is, right? I'd expected him to be alien though How the hell did you arrive at that? Honestly I'm completely confused who is who. It seems like they introduced 5 new factions in just two episodes. Pretty awesome so far though. als...

you can do it with a bit of collusion from the GM. an example comes from Adventure!, where they give a way to play a very witty character without requiring being all that witty yourself. you give the GM a setup that they deliver at some point during the session, if able, and you follow up with the p...

Empty Spoilers are nothing compared to: Haha! I made you click and now you'll have to read this thread from the start! Why the fuck is that allowed to work? Also, middle clicking it opens the URL in a new tab and the spoiler in the current one ;) And why forums.xkcd.com? that baffles me too.

My favorite explanation for dragon behavior has always been the Great Game, where dragons acquire wealth to wager and keep score in a game of social manipulation with other dragons. They are forbidden from taking direct action, and there are a bunch of arcane and archaic rules.

Two major non related questions: 1) Can someone summarize how the first Apoc gaming session is supposed to work? I read that the GM is not supposed to prepare anything and that the chars create the world during char creation. It was not clear exactly what their choices are or how that all works. Yo...

Yes, and it is a very good game. The mechanics are solid, and it has one of the most adapted mechanics now for other settings, including Dungeon World and MonsterHearts, both of which are also fantastic. Having running them, they encourage inter-party relationships through the use of simple and guid...

I agree with that for the most part, but there are games that are just terrible mechanically, or have books that are poorly written, edited, or otherwise lacking. Examples being FATAL, Synnabar, Human Occupied Landfill (which is a joke, but nigh-unreadable anyways). My point being that while it is p...

So I'm putting together a Con-game of Dungeon World in Spelljammer, and am working on custom playbooks. So far I got some Ideas and will be posting some here in the future. as of right now I've come up with the roles to be filled with descriptions I will give the players as they will not be allowed ...

This, like so many issues in Texas, comes down to an issue of gerrymandering. Recently during public hearings the Texas Freedom Network had a rally and a large number of local scientists and parents spoke out against the creationists on the Texas School Board (an elected body, where vacancies are fi...

So, on August 2-4, Board Game Bash is occurring in Austin Texas. It is three days, nonstop, of board games, along with organized events, a flea market of sorts, and a large amount of free open play. Of all the times for me to be out of town! Argh. There is a weekly board game meetup every Tuesday a...